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Ladies & Gentlemen?
I searched a few older subjects and I
know it’s been mentioned before but it
is SUCH a shame there is not much
Metheny available in 24bit.
I have the 24 bit DVD Audio of
Imaginary Day which I converted for
my iPad and iPhone to 48khz (this is
the maximum allowed on iOS) and the
album sounds INCREDIBLE.
Even some ECM stuff is available at 24
bit (not old stuff mainly new
recordings.
I’d sell my wife and all her shoes for a
24bit version of Secret Story and
possibly both of my children for Still
Life Talking 24bit! - HA!
The Imaginary Day I have given a
detailed listen to today on Klipsch
headphones and it sounds FAT! - Led
and Blamires voices are incredible.
With the effort that Pat has put into the
studio albums and may have control
over since Geffen in 1986 I really hope
one day we will be able to hear these
albums in 24bit its so much more
musical.
I have Heavy Weather, Black Market,
Shadows & Light and all the Peter
Gabriel albums in 24bit plus the last
Kate Bush - its like discovering them
again.
Rant over, I hope I have cured your
insomnia.
Dr Shiveringgoat™ (UK Lossless
Whore!)
Love is the message music is the
answer….
Anyone else any
thoughts/experiences?

Hambone, I am certain you are right. To my ears vinyl copies sounded better when compared to their cd counterparts.
Id do tests with friends where i would sync up the two, switch back and forth in the middle of a song, and they would
always pick the vinyl. Digital technology has come a long way since the 80s, but to me, vinyl is still king. Id love to hear
the White Album on vinyl. Its a shame the cd sounds the way it does. The drums are dead, everything sounds small and
compressed, like listening it out of a transistor radio, yet, it has some of the greatest work PMG has ever done. If
anyone reading this has any influence on Manfred Eicher, please let them know that a remaster of the White Album is
long overdue.

HAMBONEOct 17 2013at 12:34 PM

sunship, the album version of the white album is great, especially compared to the cd. All of the ECM albums from that era were well made and play into my arguement of some versions of artist’s music in album over cd or download. I still play Watercolors, SLT and the white album on the original vinyl and they have held up well over the years.

sunshipOct 17 2013at 11:34 AM

Yes Bob Smith. The White Album should really be top priority. It has to be the worst production in the Metheny catalog.
This is an ECM issue. I believe ECM would benefit remastering it, because every Metheny fan would buy it.
It is odd, because so many ECM productions from that era sound fantastic.
Im commenting on the CD. I have never heard that album on vinyl.

franksextonOct 17 2013at 9:48 AM

as someone who tends to rip music into compressed mp3 format, this subject is somewhat foreign to me. I am getting up in years, does hearing ability diminish with age ?

shiveringgoatOct 16 2013at 1:18 PM

Still waiting...;)

BobSmithJul 03 2013at 9:15 AM

It would be a dream come true to have someone clean up the White Album. I’d love to really be able to hear Pat’s guitar on April Wind and Lyle’s Oberheim on April Joy in crystal clear sound.

thehagueJul 02 2013at 4:27 PM

I second your wish for highres PM
albums, 24 bits at 192, 96 or 88.2 kHz.
I’d sell my mother-in-law for them.
There are a couple of 24/96 vinyl rips
around, which are quite good. Older
albums like Still Life, Wichita etc., but
also WIAA. Love them. The new
frontier is music in highres on bluray.
Bring it on!